Ludhiana, April 8 -- The four policemen accused in the 2020 custodial death of Deepak Shukla have approached the sessions court through a revision petition, contesting a lower court order that directed framing of murder charges against them.

The revision plea was moved before the court of additional sessions judge Jaspinder Singh against the December 17, 2025, order of judicial magistrate Parminder Kaur. The sessions court took up the matter on Tuesday and adjourned the hearing to May 6 for detailed arguments, defence counsel HS Grewal said.

In her December 2025 order, the magistrate court had held that there were sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC. The court also observed that the ci...